Make 2026 your best trading year ever by joining the VTP Trader Accountability Group: https://bit.ly/VTPTAG   Hello Traders, Thanks to those of you who joined us today. I should reiterate that the Monday Market Update is just that. A big picture overview of the markets, with a few 'charts of interest' thrown in. There are no trade recommendations, this is not a signal service - just what I am looking at and interested in. Today we looked at; FX STAM,  Tesla Inc ( $TSLA ), Boe

Make 2026 your best trading year ever by joining the VTP Trader Accountability Group: https://bit.ly/VTPTAG   Hello Traders, Thanks to those of you who joined us today. I should reiterate that the Monday Market Update is just that. A big picture overview of the markets, with a few 'charts of interest' thrown in. There are no trade recommendations, this is not a signal service - just what I am looking at and interested in. Today we looked at; FX STAM, Goldman Sachs ( $GS ), JP

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Over the past year a number of traders  have said something similar to me. They would like more opportunities to spend time around other serious traders . Trading is a curious profession. Most of the time it’s just you, your screens and your own thinking. And while that independence is one of the attractions of trading, it can also mean you spend a lot of time trying to solve problems in isolation. Yet when traders actually sit down together and talk markets, something useful

As 2025 comes to a close, many traders look ahead with good intentions. Very few stop to properly review how they’ve been operating — and even fewer put support in place to ensure 2026 unfolds differently. This short series was written to address that gap. Not with hype. Not with predictions. But with standards. Below are the four parts of the Sharpen Your Edge for 2026  series, designed to help you reflect properly and decide how you want to approach the year ahead. Part 1 –

Over the last few days, I’ve covered three things that quietly shape a trader’s results far more than most people realise: Whether they formally review a year, or just remember it The cost of drifting forward without understanding what actually happened Why hope and intention aren’t enough to form a real plan The final question is a practical one: Once you’ve reviewed and planned properly — how do you actually support progress? Because insight without support rarely lasts. Wh

If you’ve read the first two pieces, you’ll already know where this is heading. Review matters. Skipping it leads to drift. Drift quietly repeats years. The next question is the one most traders avoid: Do you actually have a plan for how you’re going to operate in 2026? Not a vague intention. Not a resolution. A plan. What Most Traders Mean by “A Plan” When traders say they have a plan for the new year, it usually sounds like this: “I’ll be more disciplined.” “I’ll trade les